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July 27, 2015 16:29:48 IST

Wild and happy

Hemendra Kothari feels he should have pursued philanthropy a bit more aggressively, like his father did. But then, it's never too late for the investment banker-turned-philanthropist, who points out that only in the past decade has wealth generation ...

Amitabh Bachchan inaugurates school in Mumbai

Superstar Amitabh Bachchan on Saturday lit the ceremonial lamp and gave his blessings at the inauguration of the Jamnabai Narsee International School in a suburb of Mumbai. Many Bollywood celebrities, including Abhishek Bachchan, have studied in ...

Bhujbal’s Nashik land: Revenue department to file affidavit in August

NCP leaders Chhagan Bhujbal and Dilip Walse-Patil interacts with media at the Maharashtra Assembly in Mumbai. -PTI The revenue department will file an affidavit before the high court next month on the allotment of an eight-hectare land in the Nashik district ...

Making a difference

a day when Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the National Skill Development Mission in the Capital, an unusual job fair was being held in Gurgaon, adjacent to the city. The Skill Awareness And Placement Initiative For People With Disabilities ...

Scholarship Alert

Department of Science and Technology (DST), government organises this annual programme to identify, encourage and assist talented and motivated students to pursue research career in science and to ensure that the best scientific talent is groomed ...

Another BJP minister on Congress hit list

12:06 am Party accuses MoS home, Dr Ranjit Patil, of under reporting property Mumbai : Minister of State for home affairs Dr Ranjit Patil has not furnished complete information related to property possessed by his family members in his election ...

The Social Network

Meet these enterprising women who believe in giving back to society through their time, money and expertise. Meet these enterprising women who believe in giving back to society through their time, money and expertise. Lila Poonawalla 71 ...

More than 50% of Mumbai varsity colleges don't have principals

More than half the colleges affiliated to the Mumbai University (MU) are functioning without a principal, or even an incharge principal, according to the university statistics. The varsity records say that only about 38 per cent of the 751 colleges ...

Day-long survey identifies 8,200 out-of-school kids

Experts question the logic of the study since street children were not taken into account. The state government's massive 12-hour campaign to identify out-of-school children on Saturday revealed that about 8,200 children between the ages of 6 to 14 ...

Tax on rental income of education trust exempted

MUMBAI: In a relief to Shri Vile Parle Kelavani Mandal (SVKM), an educational trust that runs Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies, the Bombay High Court has clarified that if the trust generates the income by giving hall and premises on rental, the ...

Insider job? Vinod Tawde's fake degree row could be due to his rising political clout

Mumbai: Despite the controversy over his fake degree row, Maharashtra Education Minister Vinod Tawde is unlikely to be stripped off his ministerial berth but for now, but given his rising political clout, hewill face rough weather over thenext ...

Bhujbal case: ED on trail of developer's Rs 800cr

MUMBAI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) is trying to trace Rs 800 crore developer K S Chamankar and his business associate received after they sold a redevelopment rights of RTO land in Andheri (West) to a construction company. On Monday, ED ...

Maharashtra HRD minister Vinod Tawde has dodgy B.E.

Vinod Tawde After Smriti Irani and Jitendra Singh Tomar, one more name was added to the list of politicians with controversial educational qualifications. On Monday, reports appeared in local news channels claiming that Maharashtra human resources development ...

Doubts on Maha minister degree

After Smriti Irani and Jitender Singh Tomar, one more name was added to the list of politicians with controversial educational qualifications. On Monday, reports appeared on local news channels claiming that Maharashtra human resources development minister ...

Why Chhagan Bhujbal is on slippery ground today

The politician who has come a long way, from being a one-time vegetable vendor to one of the most powerful politicians in the state, is in big trouble today, says Neeta Kolhatkar. Chhagan Bhujbal, the former Maharashtra deputy chief minister, was always controversy's child. As he has grown in stature, he has regularly fallen and risen like a phoenix. However, this time, things may have got too murky for Bhujbal to come out unscathed. The Maharashtra Sadan scam, the Kalina library land ...

50 students supported by GAIL India crack JEE Advanced

MUMBAI: 50 out of the 100 students who have been been receiving specialised academic coaching under GAIL's CSR project have qualified in the IIT entrance examination this year. The initiative, supported wholly by GAIL (India) and managed by Centre for Social ...

Bhujbal case: SIT final report in two months

In some allegations the court has asked for a initial report to be submitted by July 20,2015. The final report will be submitted in August. The Bombay High Court on Thursday directed the Special Investigation Team (SIT), formed by court orders, to ...

ACB faces questions over search at Bhujbals a week after 1st FIR

Mumbai: Questions are being raised why the Anti-Corruption Bureau probing the Kalina land and Maharashtra Sadan scams took almost a week since the filing of the FIRs to search properties of senior NCP leader Chhagan Bhujbal and his son and nephew. ...

For NCP leader Chhagan Bhujbal, the walls are closing in

Former Maharashtra deputy chief minister Chhagan Bhujbal. Photo: Kunal Patil/HT Mumbai: For Chhagan Bhujbal , who has fought and won many battles before, this could be the toughest one yet. The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) of Mumbai police on ...